The Athena press., October 25, 1907, Image 2

Kew Dertee for Women.
Among recent Inventions is a de
Vice designed to supersede the popular
cjotbespln. There Is little likelihood
that it will ever do
so, as the common
wooden clothespin
has proved Its use
fulness for so long
that it defies com
petition. Nevertheless, this
device for securing
clothes to the line
is interesting. It
comprises a wooden
CLOTHES line HELPgtrlp b a v 1 n g
longitudinal groove equal In diameter
to the clothes line. The center of the
trip is ' slightly narrower than the
ends and carries a movable ring. As
Shown In the Illustration, tho ends of
the strips aro placed over tho ends of
the articles to be suspended for dry
ing. Tho ring Is then forced to either
nd, which causes the grove to tightly
trip the line and thus hold the gar
ments in place.
Your Hnabaod') People.
Be as courteous and considerate to
four husband's people as you would be
to your own.
Do not think that every fault found,
very disagreeable word uttered, is di
rected at you.
Don't gossip to your husband about
tils people. Tell him of the pleasant
things they do and not of the unpleas
ant things.
Do not try to keep him from them.
Encourage his devotion to those of his
own kin, and you can be certain it will
not be greater than it is for you.
Be helpful, If you can, to them; be
bospltable, but do not overflow with
confidences that you had better keep
to yourself.
When you married your husband. you
married his family, in a way, and you
can show no greater love and tender
, Bees to him than by giving and invit
ing love and respect from his people.
Empty Spool.
Never throw away empty cotton
reels; they have a hundred uses. In
most kitchens there Is a row of nails
on which aprons and dishcloths are
bung, with the result that they are
frequently torn and rust-marked. This
will be prevented If you force on each
nail one of your empty reels; nothing
could make a more useful peg. A spool
will make an excellent stop to prevent
the door from opening too far and
panging the furniture. Cover the spool
with thick cloth to prevent Its Injuring
the varnish of the door and screw it
irmly to the flooring In the position
required. Often enough one finds the
door of a cupboard provided with no
better means of opening than a key
bole. You can make an effective knob
by screwing on another of those ever
ttseful spools.
Still the Mnahrooin.
This mushroom sailor is of lingerie,
the upper brim covered with a fine em
broidery, and the rather high crown
encircled with a broad scarf of soft
white mull which ends In a huge bow
In front The brim Is peaked a little
In the front, a touch of smartness
which we see In many of the latest
bats.
Don't fiirHote.
Don't invite more guests than you
can seat comfortably at your table. A
space of two feet should be allowed for
each person.
Don't send your plate away, or ap
pear to hare dono eating, till your
guests have all finished.
Don't discuss politics or religious
matters unless you know jour guests
are all in sympathy with you.
Don't press your guests to take more
or to partake of any special kind of
food. They know they are welcome to
all they want and such pressing is em
barrassing. Serving Prnlt.
Fruit may be served on a large round,
fiat dish, or in a fruit bowl or fruit
41sh. It Is very pretty to use the natu
ral leaves If they can te procured, for
garnishing the dish. The fruit should
b pawed, and each person be (Iran a
fruit plate and fruit knife and finger
bowl. The finger bowl is placed on the
fruit plate and should be lifted and set
to one's left before helping one's self
to fruit A nice way to eat an orange
Istocutlt in half and eat with a spoon,
Plums, peaches and pears are eaten
from the fingers; bananas are eaten
from the skin, rineapple is usually
pared, the eyes taken out, the flesh
picked apart with a silver fork, placed
In a fruit dish and sugared and then
served In a dessert plate and eaten
with a spoon or a fork.
Den It Reallr Part
Does it pay to darn stockings repeat
edly amid a multitude of other tasks
in order to save money that it may be
spent for a silk petticoat, an extra
feather In one's hat, or an expensive
dessert for dinner? Does It pay to
stand at the ironing board and smooth
out ruffles and laces for children to
wear once, perhaps, when It means a
mother so tired out that she can not
repress Impatient words later in the
day? Does It pay to do without the
occasional day's help in the kitchen?
No; none of these things ever pays In
anything but heartache and tired
nerves, in temper and friction. The
housewife's beat friend Is a "sense of
proportion."
White Sera-e.
nere is a costume or white serge
which Is Ideal for summer resort
wear, and If properly made the model
Is excollent The otherwise plain skirt
Is finished at bottom with three deep
tucks. The Jacket made In fichu style
has a double cape effect which narrows
toward front, where It crosses and
fastens under arms at waist line. A
shaped flat collar is prettily net around
nock and fastened on either side with
three gold buttons. Short sleeves are
filled lu with lace ruffles.
Keep II I lis.
It Is well to keep every bill, paid or
not, for an Indefinite period. One never
knows when mistakes may occur or
when dishonesty may le attempted.
The steel bill files are all vory well,
though they are not remarkable for
their neatness or order, but a better
way Is to use a large scrap book and
pnste the bills In alphabetical order,
according to the names of those by
whom they are preferred, therein. If
possible, It would te well to prepare
the leaves like those of an address
book, so that It would be easy to find
any bill at any time. Of course, this Is
only a cheaper home-made substitute
for a regular letter file, which Is the
very best thing for the purpose.
American Gtrln.
The average American is blase al
most before the English girl Is ready
to leave her school, says a writer lu
the World Magazine. The English girl
never leaves her governess
an.$ home
before she Is 18, while at the same agt)
the American girl has seen much of the
world.
Yet the American girl retains her vi
vacity and her Interest In everything,
and It Is that one quality, I think,
above all others that wins for her the
admiration of the Englishwoman.
The American woman never looks to
her husliand as master, while the Eng
lishwoman Is taught to do so from her
birth.
For Mother.
In all your Intercourse with chlldreu
remember these things: Learn to gov
ern yourself before you try to govern
them. Have reason to respect yourself
before expecting thorn to resjxsct yon.
Don't say In their hearing what you
wouldn't like to hear them say. Never
correct them when you are angry your
self. Tay not the slightest attention to
talo-bearlng. They will learn politeness
and kindness and gentleness a thou
sand times better from your dally ex
ample than from years of precept
Home Chat
Dressing for "Hubbr."
Imagine a tired man, stooped with
the dullness of the office grind, coming
horn to a frowsy wife, tJlp-shoddlag
about in slippers down at the heel and
trailing a bedraggled garment that ahe
calls a cast-off tea gown. It is enough
to keep hhn downtown and give him
the excuse of asking a pretty, carefully
gowned woman out to dinner. It la the
little things that count that cause the
rupture, and the woman who neglects
her nersonal annearance because no
one Is coming home to dinner but the
husband, Is on the road to lose the ad
miration that she curled and crimped
and tortured herself to win.
Health and Beaatr Hint.
A severe paroxysm of coughing may
be often arrested by a tablespoonful of
glycerine In a wlneglassful of hot milk.
Tiny white spots, which sometimes
deface the fingernails, are caused by a
stoppage of the nutriment Juices. It Is
almost impossible to remove them.
Wholesome food, fresh air, bathing,
proper clothing, plenty of sleep and the
absolute avoidance of tight lacing are
among the requisites for promoting
health and perfecting beauty.
Here Is a home-made toilet powder
which Is very nice, indeed : Half a
pound of starch, one ounce of orris
root one-quarter dram of oil of ger
anium. Crush it free from lumps and
add the oil or geranium drop by drop.
Dark circles and that baggy look be
neath the eyes are apt to be due to a
nervous or overtired physical condition
or to a serious Internal trouble, so be
fore fussing or trying to do away with
it by local applications It is well to
find out the deeper cause and be doc
tored for that
Square Room.
There are square rooms and square
rooms ; some furnish well and others do
not A woman who owned a tiny house
In the suburbs decided that her dining
room was not attractive. It had one
window facing west and one south. It
was an old house with low ceilings, so
it seemed not Inharmonious with the
general style to Insert a long narrow
casement window along the southern
side. The casement had three sections
and took up about twice as much room
as the single window it replaced, but
she had it cut high enough in the wall
to allow a long low buffet to stand be
neath it and, behold, the homely square
apartment was transformed.
Removing Stain.
Fresh fruit stains can generally be
removed by pouring boiling water
through them. If they prove obstinate,
rub with half a lemon dipped Into salt,
then wash the garment. Javelle water
will surely accomplish it, but the ut
most care msut be exercised In using !lt
or rather, eashlng every trace of 'It
away after the stain has been removed
or the result will surely be a hole.
To remove coffee stains rub thoroughly
with pure, clean glycerin ; this will re
move stains caused by coffee from
woolen and other materials. The place
afterward should be well washed with
lukewarm water and Ironed on thi
wrong side until dry.
Making-Over Hint.
Skirts trimmed with folds of silk or
velvet ribbon In tuck effects can have
any necessary piercing for lengthening
or freshening the dress at lower part,
.lone beneath one of these bands, and
the same holds good for waists similar
ly ornamented.1 Frequently a waist Is
found to be hopelessly short-walsted,
and for such Instances the cross wise
folds seem es;eeially to have been In
vented. Make the folds take a slight
upward curve to the middle front from
sides and there place little loop bows.
, A dress sent to be dyed should have
the hem ripped out, as the mark ordin
arily at hem edge Is effaced during the
process.
To Kill the File.
Some one gives the Information that
files do not like the old-fashioned
woodbine or Virginia creeper, and will
not enter the door over which It Is
twined. Another remedy for them Is
to give them a dose of fine black pep
per mixed with brown sugar and mois
tened with condensed milk. This is
easy enough to try.
Hat Set Flrmlr ea Head.
The crate for backward-tipped hats
has subsided somewhat, and It looks
as though It would never live to reach
this side of the water. At present the
bat set firm on the head la the leader
then and hers.
4.
PRESERVE THE FOREST.
Country Will Look to Northwest for
Supply Before Long.
"The 'Northwest section, comprising
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, will
witness the fullest development of its
lumber industry within the next ten
years," said Professor E. O. Siecke,
head cf the newly established school of
forestry at the Washington State col
lege, in a recent conversation. "Just
now, about one-fourth of the mer
chantable timber of the United States
is in Washington and Oregon. The
'Lake State region,' including Michi
gan, Wisconsin aud Minnesota, is lum
bered and logged; so is the Southern
belt, including northern Alabama and
Georgia, Tennessee, .Kentucky, the
western parts of West Virginia and
Virginia; the eastern part of Texas,
Arkansas, and the southern' part of
Missouri. In a very few years, more
than at present, the people of the
United States will be loeking to the
Pacific Northwest for much of their
lumber.
"What we must do is to learn to
handle our forests with regard to the
PROFESSOK E. 0. SIECKB
Head of the Newly Established School ot For
estry at the Washington State College
future crop ; that is, cutting to a diam
eter limit, and not leaving the land to
revert back to the state for taxes, as
haa been the policy of many of the lum
ber companies in the lake region. The
high prices for lumber will make it
possible to leave trees having a diamet
er of from twelve to twenty-iour inches
for the future crop. Then these devel
oping tracts of forest land should be
well cared for. Fires should be kept
out, and laws should be rigorously en
forced preventing the cutting down of
the trees until they have grown to the
right size. All this means, of course,
a great need for skilled foresters, and
considerable expense, but it will be to
perpetuate the rich forests of the Paci
fic Northwest, and every dollar of such
expenditure will return to the people
doubled and trebled."
CRANBERRIES IN OREGON.
New Venture Proving a Success In
Tillamook County.
"Cranberries raised in Oregon" is
the new slogan for the commercial
bodies to cry out to the World at large
now that the fields of Tillamook county
are producing large quantities of the
berries that round out the Thanksgiv
ing dinner. . 0. Snuffer, of Tilla
mook, recently exhibited a box of ber
ries in Portland which 'were picked
Irom the mareh in Tillamook county.
Mr. Snuffer, in telling about the new
Industry, said:
"The vines from which these berries
were picked have not been touched for
eight years except to pick the berries.
Because the berries require so little
care and attention, the profits are very
large. JNot an acre from the patch
these berries came from has ever pro
duced less than 925 bushels and with
care would yield 800 bushels. The
berries sell for $3 a bushel. W. C.
King picked 1,000 bushels an acre from
a traot he owned.
"I commenced the culture of cran
berries in the spring of 1893, and find
that the vines are well adapted to this
climate. They grow vigorously and
where the bogs are properly prepared
they are enormously productive. While
picking my crop one year I measured
off some ground and picked them care
fully, and found that they produced at
the rate of 1,000 bushels to the acre.
Allowing $1 per bushel as net profit, I
do not know of an agricultural product
that will compare with it, and placing
figures at a minimum.
"It costs about $200 to prepare the
ground and plant the vines, including
the cost of the plants. The bog must
be bo situated that it can be drained off
by means of ditches to the depth of at
least 10 inohes, and one must also have
control of plenty of water for irrigation
and flooding purposes. Although I
have seen some marshes that were a
success without any water supply, I do
not consider it safe, in view of the large
outlay.
"A bog once set In the proper shape
will last indefinitely. The first cost,
although quite large, cuts little figure
in the long run.
"I find that the cranberries grown
here are of a darker color than those
grown in the East; those here are much
superior in flavor, and also weigh more
to the bushel. The size of the berry is
about the same. '
"According to my experience, the
McFarland cranberry is the bast vari
ety for the Pacific coast It is the larg
est and most prolific a splendid keep
er, and by all odds the best seller. In
the East this sort is considered a poor
keeper, but it appears to be butter
adapted , to this climate, and grow to
perfection here.
"I have had good success with the
Cherry and Bell variety. They yield
well and sell well, and are of good
color. Their flavor is excelled bv none,
and they are of good site, though not
ai large as the McFarland berry.
4 H w i F '
"The picking season Is usually one
of pleasure, for several reasons, to both
picker and prorietor. The weather is
generally fine September and October
when men, wemen and children come
for an outing in the cranbherry fields.
They come with a camping outfit, pre
pared to enjoy the pleasures of outdoor
life, the health giving ocean breezes
and a reet from the city and home toil.
"In picking, lines are etrecthed
across a plat of ground three feet apart
and each pUker works between the
lines, the vines making a carpet upon
which to work. They hang on up
rights about six Inches high and are
truly beautiful to look upon. The ber
ries are a bright red color, and, in
many ewes three and four .deep, touch
ing each other, completely hide the
vines and ground beneath.
"The. piokers are given a six-quart
measure, and are required to pick the
berries clean as they go. When the
measure is full it is emptied into- -a
bushel box, and when the box is full
they are given a check which is good
for 75 cents. Yard men are in at
tendance to oversee the pickers and
carry away the boxes. My best pickers
picked about three bushels per day.
With a scoop a picker can gather 20
bushels a day.
"In the East the vines are often in
fested with insect peats, and if the
growers have not control of the water
the whole crop is in danger. I under
stand the pests have been imported
here at different times in shipping in
plants, but they soon disappear, as they
cannot live in this climate.
"There is money in the cranberry
business and the many bogs oi Tilla
mook county are waiting for men of
means and energy to develop them."
ORLANDO RICH IN ORE. '.
Strike Is Made 287 Feet ' From the
Portal of Tuhnel.
D. M. Adams, mining engineer, who
has been investigating recent strikes at
the Orlando mine, in Northern Idaho,
has submitted his report to the board
of directors. Mr. Adams expresses
himself as well pleased with the ap
pearance of the mines. He says in
part:
"The lead was encountered 287 feet
from the portal of the tunnel, and was
crosscut 10 feet on the dip of the lead,
which varies from 12 inches to two feet
in width. The tunnel at the intersec
tion of the lead is about four feet wide,
and in cross cutting the lead more than
a ton of high grade shipping ore was
taken out. This ore will average 60
per cent antimony, and as antimony
ore is worth $2 per unit, the ore is
therefore worth $120 per ton, on the
cars at Burke, Idaho. This is the main
lead we have been driving for for more
than 12 months. The strike shows
that we have a well defined, strong and
persistent lead, carrying a high per
centage of first class shipping ore, prov
ed for more than 200 feet in depth and
for about 100 feet on the strike of the
same.
"The tunnel 1b no 302 feet under
cover."
England' National Color.
Why red should have been selected
:s the national color becomes Intelligi
ble when we look at the cross of St
Jeorge. Sir Walter Scott, when he
vrote of how "their own sea hath
vhehmed those red cross powers," was
nerely anticipating the phrase of to
lay. But Oliver Cromwell, when for
he first time he put the English soldier
:n a red coat, probably did as much as
it. George to monopolize red as the na
tional color. The aggressive color has,
however, many meanings and has lent
itself to many uses. In the days of
the Romans when it flared on the head
f a slave it stood for freedom ; In the
lays of the French revolution It stood
for freedom backed by blows, while In
the streets of the city to-day the red
:ross stands for succor. So far back as
the reign of Henry II. there was a red
book of the exchequer, a record of the
names of all who held lands "per bar
onlam," and at this moment persons
of consequence In ihe service of the
state find their names entered In a red
book London Chronicle.
TJndlaeovered Crime.
"Can you point out a man who at
the age of thirty has not committed at
one time In his life a crime that would
have-ent him to the penitentiary?" re
marked a trusty at the penitentiary
the other day.. "I do not believe that
there Is a man living, excluding, for
the looks of the thing, the clergy, who
has not done something to bring him
here had he received his Just deserts.
It Is not always a great crime that
sends a. man to the penitentiary. There
are men in here for stealing chickens
or clover seed or nothing at alL It is
easy to get behind the walls. There are
many men on the outside who should
be In here. I am personally acquainted
with a few myself. But the difference
between these people and myself Is
that I have been caught and they have
not" Columbus Dispatch,
It Blew.
' When a British battleship was lying
In New York harbor a lieutenant of
the visiting vessel was discussing
rough weather with a group of Ameri
can naval officers, one of whom repeat
ed the tale. of the day that was eo
windy that the crows had to walk
home. '
"Still, that wind was nothing to one
we encountered in the bay of Biscay,"
laughed the lieutenant "Why, It blew
so hard that It took four men to hold
Prince Louis' hat on. and even then
It blew the anchors off the buttons on
his coat" Woman's Home Companion
la order to put a stop to the practice
of binding women's feet, the Chines
Board of Education has issued an ordei
prohibiting the salt of small shoe.
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr., author of "Tho
Mlssourian" and a new historical ro
mance of Texas, "The Lone Star," Is
a Texan, having been born in Dallas
In 1873. His parents' marriage serv
ice In 1872 was the first church wed
ding In Dallas. Mr. Lyle was educated
iu the Kansas City schools and the
University of Michigan. He has travel
ed abroad in the interests of Ameri-:
can magazines, having contributed spe
cial articles from nearly every coun
try on the continent, from Holland to
Turkey and beyond. During his stay
hi France he acquired material for
'The Mlssourian," his first noVel.
W. D. Howells and Mark Twain, the
two most prominent authors in Ameri
can literature, have both received the
degree of LL. D. from the great Uni
versity of Oxford, Mr. Howells hav
ing been given his degree three years
ago. Besides his degree from Oxford,'
Mark Twain has degrees from Yaie
and from the University of Missouri ;
and Mr. Ilowclis, in addition to bis
Oxford degree, holds degrees from
Harvard and Yale; all of which, In
addition to the learning, the scholar
ship, the high attainments and the
distinguished literary skill of both
these men, as acknowledged in every
part of the world, makes it of strik
ing interest that neither of them had
a college education.
Miss Clara E. Laughlln, after hav
ing her book "Felicity" extensively re
viewed, has this to say In the Book
News Monthly of the duties of a re
viewer: "We all know that 'folks' are
not made after Individual patterns, I ut
nfter one of a few types. Every book
Is written by a 'folksy' person of some
kind ; the book probably Interested him,
or he couldn't have persevered In tho
mere manual labor of writing It; and
it will almost certainly interest some
others of his type, and perhaps the
more adventurous, more inquiring, of
some other types, too. In snlte of our
well-meant efforts to regulate public
reading, these various books find their
waiting markets. The best ofllce of .
tbo reviewer, then, is sufficient knowl
edge of his fellows, and sufficient sym
pathy with their different needs, to
distinguish among the books that coma
pouring in, and to see that each get
described for the benefit of ltsj par
ticular audience. There's no use .Halt
ing fun of Henry James or of George
McCutcheon plenty of people like each
of them, though not many may like-
.1. . V. i 1 l J . . 1 . ...
n'.rm uuiu. uuu sums uon i iiKe eirnt-r.
I doubt if all the witticisms against
Mr. James's style have kept one read
er from him or driven one away. Peo
ple find out what they want, In spit
of the reviewers, ' so the reviewer
might as well be wise and help thia
to it. Perhaps, too, if we got over
thinking that our public is being might
ily tickled by our profound or snappy
reviews, we may learn to approach
books more open-mindedly, and may.
perchance, do the authors the Justice
of understanding them, which real'y,.
I think, has not always been our first
aim."
CHESS CLOCKS.
There Are Specially Constructed One
TJed In the Game.
Hourglasses, or sandglasses, were
formerly used for the purpose of meas
uring time at chess matches; but now
specially constructed clocks are In gen
eral use for this purpose.' These clocks,
consist of two clocks mounted on a
common base, which moves on a pivots
the two clocks therefore being on the
arms of a sort of seesaw. The beam,
or base, Is so constructed' that when
one clock is elevated it stands perfect
ly perpendicular, while the depressed
clock lies over at an ngle, but as the
mechanism of each clock Is so con
structed that It only moves when the
clock is perfectly perpendicular it fol
lows that when the upright clock la
going the depressed clock is at rest.
Another and more modern variety .
has the twp clocks fixed on the same
level, but with a small brass arm
reaching from the top of one to the top.
of the other. This arm acts on a pivot
and can be brought down into actual
contact with one clock at a time by a
touch of the finger. When it is thus
In contact by an ingenious device the
clock is stopped and the desired result
Is attalned. The working of the clock
during a match is simplicity itself. At
the commencement of the match tho
hands of each clock point to 1Z Thea
at the call of "time to commence play"
the clock of the first player Is started ;
then as soon as he makes his first
move he stops his own clock either by
depressing it or by touching the ana
referred to, the same motion starting
his opponent's clock. So it goes on
during the entire course of the game
each move being marked by the stop
ping of one clock and the starting of
the other.
How Te Do Change.
"Aha 1" exclaimed Mr. Jellus. "Beer
treasuring another man's picture all
these years, ch?"
"Not exactly," answered his better
half. "That's a picture of yon, dear,
taken when you had hair." Lonlsvllla
Oonrier-JournaL
Specimen.
Mrs. Newedde Certainly, yon may
take some of those biscuits to your
friend. Is he hungry, too? Weary
Xo, mum; he's a geologist t Naw Or
leans Picayune. (